TreeFiddy53

NEEK was....mid. Nothing new, except the new faces. The film looks great, but if you closed your eyes, it sounds (dialogues and music) like a regular lighthearted Dhanush movie. If that's your thing, you'll likely not mind, or even enjoy, this film.

The new cast was OK, nothing great but not bad. I wish them all the best. The highlight of the film, for me, was Mathew Thomas. I have no idea who RSquared is but she was clearly liked very much in the limited time she had on screen, apparently she's popular outside of films too. But that's about it.

The film opens with a stunning looking song with sambandham eh illadha lyrics and music, but OK. The film does get better from there but you can't unhear the formulaic background music you've heard in most of his previous films. Casting Saranya as the leads mom was very reminiscent of VIP. They made her deliver random English dialogues, I believe for some comedic effect, but it didn't work for me. Maybe reminding you of all Dhanush and his previous films was nostalgia baiting or to give Pavish Narayan a young Dhanush image, but for me, if felt like I was watching an older film with new cast, couldn't help it. I tried.

Overall - Dunno if calling NEEK 'a usual love story' was damage control to begin with, but Dragon won the Valentine's Day release window (based on the original schedule)

Brilliantly shot film, all I could think throughout the film was "Wow, the set design and the color pallet in the film would have taken a lot of thought and work!" The film looked stunning. You're in for a treat if you like the Teal color.

That said, was this meant to be a modern slice of life Tamil film, meant for the society's elite...? If yes, OK. Good. If not, I am not sure if I understood the point of the movie, especially with that ending. The English dialogue delivery sounded memorized and felt forced, not sure if these were necessary. Yogi Babu and Vinay Rai...why? All of that is still OK, but there was scope to end this film on a predictable yet happy note, why do it this way....without wrapping up the chapter on P. James....maybe the film is 10 years ahead of its times. Good in that case.

Dunno. I didn't get it. If you did, please tell me what I missed.

The masses will find this to be one of the most enjoyable Tamil films in recent times. At the very least, people who can't relate, will not have much to complain about, which automatically makes it one of the best Tamil films in recent times.

Nothing new story wise, but, the way in which its told makes all the difference. Youth makkall are about to take this film and PR to heights higher than Love Today did.

Whether you watch it in the theater, or watch it on Netflix once it's out, do so with a group of people (who liked Love Today type films) because the collective experience of this film is bound to make you enjoy it more. The more, the merrier, so theater I suppose. You will not be disappointed.